This PAGES (Past Global Changes) 2k (climate of the past 2000 years working group) special issue of Climate of the Past brings together the latest understanding of regional change and impacts from PAGES 2k groups across a range of proxies and regions. The special issue has emerged from a need to determine the magnitude and rate of change of regional and global climate beyond the timescales accessible within the observational record. This knowledge also plays an important role in attribution studies and is fundamental to understanding the mechanisms and environmental and societal impacts of recent climate change. The scientific studies in the special issue reflect the urgent need to better understand regional differences from a truly global view around the PAGES themes of "Climate Variability, Modes and Mechanisms", "Methods and Uncertainties", and "Proxy and Model Understanding".
1.Univ New South Wales, Palaeontol Geobiol & Earth Arch Res Ctr, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2.Univ New South Wales, ARC Ctr Excellence Australian Biodivers & Heritag, Sch Biol Earth & Environm Sci, Sydney, NSW, Australia 3.Univ Wollongong, Sch Earth Atmospher & Life Sci, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia 4.Ctr Eau Terre Environm, Inst Natl Rech Sci, Quebec City, PQ G1K 9A9, Canada 5.Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Earth Sci, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia 6.Australian Natl Univ, ARC Ctr Excellence Climate Extremes, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia 7.Univ Maryland, Dept Geol, College Pk, MD 20742 USA 8.UCL, Earth & Life Inst, Georges Lemaitre Ctr Earth & Climate Res TECLIM, Leuven, Belgium 9.PAGES Int Project Off, Falkenpl 16, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland 10.No Arizona Univ, Sch Earth Sci & Environm Sustainabil, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA 11.Univ Gothenburg, Dept Earth Sci, Reg Climate Grp, S-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden 12.Univ Bern, Oeschger Ctr Climate Change Res, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland 13.Inst Geog, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
Recommended Citation:
Turney, Chris S. M.,McGregor, Helen V.,Francus, Pierre,et al. Introduction to the special issue "Climate of the past 2000 years: regional and trans-regional syntheses"[J]. CLIMATE OF THE PAST,2019-01-01,15(2):611-615